1999 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1999 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1999
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination
Site Bear Stadium (Boyertown)
Boyertown, PA
Champions Virginia Tech (2nd title)
Winning coach Chuck Hartman (2nd title)
MVP Larry Bowles (Virginia Tech)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1998  2000»

The 1999 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 20–22. It was the 12th time was held in Boyertown, where it was previously held from 1987 to 1997. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division top seed Virginia Tech defeated La Salle in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeding and format

Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 21-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa. In the West Division, conference tiebreaking rules gave La Salle received the second seed in the four-way tie for second place.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East Division
Massachusetts 13 8 .619
–
1E
Temple 12 9 .571
1
2E
Fordham 10 11 .476
3
–
Rhode Island 10 11 .476
3
–
St. Bonaventure 10 11 .476
3
–
Saint Joseph's 5 16 .238
8
–
West Division
Virginia Tech 18 3 .857
–
1W
La Salle 10 11 .476
8
2W
Duquesne 10 11 .476
8
–
George Washington 10 11 .476
8
–
Xavier 10 11 .476
8
–
Dayton 8 13 .381
10
–

Bracket

 
                             
1W  Virginia Tech 4  
2E  Temple 3  
  1W  Virginia Tech 6  
  2W  La Salle 13  
1E  Massachusetts 6
2W  La Salle 7  
  2W  La Salle 3 6
  1W  Virginia Tech 15 20
2E  Temple 1  
1E  Massachusetts 4  
  1W  Virginia Tech 9
  1E  Massachusetts 4  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech's Larry Bowles, one of six Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]

Virginia Tech's Barry Gauch was named for the third time. He was the Most Outstanding Player in 1997 and also named in 1998. The Hokies' Matt Griswold was named for the second time, after also being selected in 1997.

Pos. Name Team
OF Mike Bell La Salle
3B/P Larry Bowles Virginia Tech
SS Addison Bowman Virginia Tech
3B/P Toby Fisher La Salle
OF Matt Griswold Virginia Tech
C/DH Barry Gauch Virginia Tech
P Pat Pinkman Virginia Tech
OF Kyle Sweppenhiser Temple
P Travis Veracka Massachusetts
3B John West Virginia Tech
C Kevin Wittmeyer La Salle

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "#11 Larry Bowles". HokieSports.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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